Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
SAINT AUGUSTINEHeaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
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Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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Sin is Energy in the wrong channel.
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